Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-13
BASE BALL NUGGETS.
What the Players of the National
 Game Are Doing.

What the Players of the National Game Are Doing. Cuff, late of the New Ravens, has signed with the Newarks and caught his first game Thursday.
 In the Metropolitan-Athletie game Thurs day three of the Metropolitans were success
 sively hit by the ball, after which three two-baggers were made.
 There will be some anxiety felt in the base ball world to-day when the Bostons and New Works meet at Boston, and the Detroits and Chicagos at Chicago. These teams are now the four leaders in the race for the pennant New York advanced to third place Thursday displacing Boston. None of the teams in the National league played yesterday, as the east ern clubs were on their way home How badly Kelly must feel. The Bostons were defeated three straight in Pittsburp when they fully expected to have a regula,
 picnic with the latter team. And Radbourn
 pitched in two of the games for Boston.
 The Cuban Giants have won nearly every game that they have played this season.
 Their stumbling block was the New Ravens. who beat them in both the games played.
 Lucky" Munyan is what the Cleveland club players call the little catcher obtained from the Bridgeport (Cr.) club when it dis
 banded. He is lucky man everywhere, but especially on the bases. But his luck is not decreased by the use of keen judgment, a good eye and plenty of speed.
 The Lowell reporters have done so much talking about the poor place they had to score in that they now have new box. Their old place was something like the New Haven's pen.
 Boyle is still catching for the St. Louis Browns without intermission. He has caught his thirty-seventh successive game.
 The Lynn club has signed Jack Farrell late of the Hartfords and Manchesters, to play second base. He guarded third bag for the Manchesters after the Hartfords disband- ed. His work was not satisfactory.
 Orr of the Metropolitans made single, a double, a three bagger and a home run off Smith of the Baltimores Wednesday The Nets were beaten to 5. FuImer of the Baltimores umpired, both clubs refusing to play under Sullivan's umpiring.
 Johnson, right fielder of the late Hartford team, has been signed by the Indianapolis team to take the place of Polhemus, who was secured from the New England league. Some papers say that Johnson led the Eastern league in batting, base running and fielding. The fact is, he did not. There were better base runners, there were superior batters; but he was one of the best felders in the league.
 By the way, why couldn't Secretary Minor make out the average of the players of this league and thereby put an end to all this guesswork9 It would make very interesting reading matter.
 Barnie, of Baltimore, is said to have been looking after Esterbrook. The latter is not 1t all dependent upon base ball for a living and IS not anxious to play any more this sea l son.
 It is strange, but true, that more com 11aip ofa DoA :L han from any other league city. If the Il Wolverines win, why then the work of the | 1mpire was simply poor, but if they lose the umpire was rotten. "-Boston Herald.
 Hogan, the new left fielder for the Nets, las made favorable impression
 Little Miller, of Pittsburg, is certainly ,ood player. He made the circuit of the 'ases Thursday after making single, solely 'n his merits as base runner. The trick lstted him $55, the contributions of an en- husiastic assemblage. Kuehne also received
 present for making hree-bagger in the leventh inning which won the game.
 The poetic friend of the Giants appeared at he New York World office Thursday night with the following:
 To Pittsburg, town of smoky renown,
 The Bostons went to play.
 With Kelly and Rad, '' but were beaten bad Then 3a LdU. MuEtFie,s .J9Ints gained few points And into third place in the league race
 And Soden was sad. Conant was mad '
 John B. Day was happy, you bet And he dreamed in the cars that he saw in the stars
 The pennant that we will capture yet Madden and Keefe will probably be the itchers in the game at Boston to-day.
 Moffett, 8 new pitcher, has been tried bv he Indianapolis team and is 8 success. & Leitner, New York boy, whom the New 'orks were unable to hit
 Johnson, late of the Hartfords, played in Hola fO.{ hn | ay and showed up well. He made one mnff an easy fly, but it was caused by nervous sss. He made three clean hits and ran ases splendidly.